Rumours Rumours - Summer 2021 edition (Deadline Day from p814)

ValleyGary said:

RC_CAFC said:

ValleyGary said:

lol the Sangaard buzz didn’t last long did it.

Maybe not for some people, but it’s still here with me.

Rome wasn’t built in a day and we’ve not got owners who have billions just to mess around with. 

Everything at our club is starting to be run exactly the right way. 

- We are paying sensible prices for good players who want to be here.

- we’re not over extending ourselves meaning we can build a sustainable club that isn’t in fear of disappearing anymore.

- When someone goes, their position is filled straightaway. 

- We are getting good people into the club

- We have brought all strands of Charlton under one umbrella and have a really exciting women’s team turning pro.

We would all have liked a few more bodies through the door (I’m certain that’s true for club management too) but people in the know are saying we’re after the right people so that’s good enough for me for now. 👍

I was being sarcastic and agree 100%. Just some people enjoy pissing on everyone’s cornflakes.

Henry Irving said:

Oggy Red said:

roseandcrown said:

Bit shocked at the panic and doom on here because a 2 players have chosen not to sign a contract to play in the league above and be nearer home. 

It’s not July yet we are obviously working on deals in the background and will have a squad in place. 

Thomas has already shown he will invest and nothing so far points to that not being the case. 

Players come. And players go. 
It's always been that way in football. 

I think issue is, for some, that we've seen some go and not so many come.

Yet.

Now is not the time to make a final judgement but with training starting next week it's been a slow start. I can see why people are frustrated even if I'm not 

Yet.

But things can change quickly on the squad and hopefully for the better.

I think it's perfectly reasonable to criticise Sandgaard's words and actions. He's not God, he will make mistakes or do things others think are wrong.

I didn't like his "blow the league away comment as I prefer under promise and over deliver but for some that would be attacked as showing lack of ambition.

But I did like his buying the club, getting rid of the chancers and investing some money stuff a lot.

 I like that he's appointed experienced professionals although I agree there should be an on the ground CEO, I like that he's bought the women's team and I think Adkins was a shrewd appointment. Not sure how Roddy fits in with Gallen there too but that's my ignorance, not an accusation.  It's a largely new recruitment team and maybe they are still going through those forming and storming stages before hitting norming and performing. But I don't think they are sitting around lazily waiting for the phone to ring either.

I'm not happy TS didn't buy the Valley and Sparrows Lane but that was and is made almost impossible at a sensible price by Southall and Duchatelet.

Overall, I think TS is massively in credit but now he faces the new challenge of a summer transfer window and with at least two other clubs in this division spending big by league one standards.

The short term panic over the companies House changes show that as a fan base we still have trust issues with owners but hardly surprising given our recent and not so recent past.

So we shall just have to see how TS and his team do over the summer and how that translates into league points.

LLLBH